Cuomo Convenes Anti-Corruption Commission

The panel comes after lawmakers failed to enact anti-corruption reforms

By

Erica Orden

Updated July 3, 2013 12:11 p.m. ET

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wielded his most powerful weapon against the Legislature and other elected officials on Tuesday, convening a commission to probe corruption in state government after lawmakers failed to enact reform measures he sought amid a stretch of high-profile arrests.

The commission, established by the governor by executive order under the Moreland Act, has the power to subpoena records, question witnesses under oath...